socialjusticekoolaid:

Brown Lives Matter (1/27/15): The police have done it again. They have taken the life on another unarmed teenager, this time a 16-year old girl by the name of Jesse Hernandez. After shooting her multiple times, they dragged her lifeless body out the car and proceeded to cuff and search her, rather than seek medical attention. The death harkens back to another young, unarmed Latin@ the Denver police killed last year, Ryan Roquillo. The officer in that death was eventually cleared. Prayers for peace and justice to this young girl’s family. #staywoke #farfromover

intersectionalfeminism101:

It’s important to be able to spot when certain phrases are silencing tactics. The concept of compromise can be used to make minorities look irrational, as if their demands to be treated respectfully are complicated and difficult to agree to.

Such tactics that evoke the same type of doubt in a minority’s claims :

• Gaslighting. Simple phrases such as “but I’ve never seen that happen,” or “that’s never happened to me” are meant to counter the oppressed’s credibility and make them seem unreliable.
• Demanding sources for lived experiences. Sometimes it isn’t enough to the oppressors that a person testifies to living through horrible injustices. Facts are demanded to support the oppressed’s experiences, which are dismissed as “anecdotal evidence.” Which leads to the next point:
• Framing human rights discussions as debates. No one should be able to debate whether or not someone deserves to live peacefully and happily. When oppressors try to engage in “debates” with the oppressed about their situations, the oppressor gets the upper hand, because suddenly the rules of debate apply, and emotions and anecdotal evidence are off limits. The oppressed are forced to discuss their own lives by the oppressor’s rules.

If you have experienced other silencing tactics when discussing racism, sexism, ableism, etc. please share to let others know what and who to be wary of.

tearlessrain:

Disclaimer: if it ever seems like I’m ignoring you or not talking to you I can assure you with 100% certainty that it is not your fault. I have probably gotten stuck in an “I spent too long trying to formulate the best possible thing to say and now it all sounds dumb in my head so I’m sitting here trying to send vague telepathic friendship vibes at your icon instead” loop because my brain actually has no idea how to communicate like a human being and have friends.

A guide to triggers/common fears in The X-Files

markdoesstuff:

This project was inspired by rabblevolunteer, who had asked just how scary my favorite show in the world could be. I was totally interested in figuring out what episodes a person might skip if they had particular fears or triggers, and then this was born. I want people to watch this show. It is the most important television show I have ever watched, and the character of Dana Scully is formative to who I am today. At the same time, I like the idea of making TV accessible to people, of being able to warn them what they’re getting into. People should have the freedom to make such choices, and I hope this guide can help you enjoy The X-Files as well.

The Complete The X-Files Guide 

(For those with certain triggers and fears)

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riotrite:

human-flesh-search:

When I was 18, I was diagnosed with PCOS, polycystic ovarian syndrome. This happens when the ovaries produce unusually high levels of androgens. PCOS is not classified by the medical community as an intersex condition. However, what the medical community designates as “intersex” or not is motivated by politics, not biological facts. The goal of the way variation in sexual development is defined is to label as few people “intersex” as possible, so they don’t have to live with the “shame” of the diagnosis. The only conditions that are called intersex are ones that can’t be explained away to a child’s parents as a “slight genital abnormality.” Thus, doctors are able to claim that only 1 in 1500 babies is born intersex.

— Take the Red Pill: The Truth Behind the Biology of Sex by Luz Delfondo

I know this link seems thick and science-heavy, but you really ought to read the whole thing. It’s a great breakdown of how all those cis and non-intersex people who wave their 5th grade biology degrees at you are absurdly wrong.

newtingeyser:

this is a friendly reminder to people who don’t like otherkin that:

• a kintype is not a gender
• there are trans otherkin
• trans otherkin can have their gender and kintype affect each other
• the otherkin community has been around since the 70s [the wiki article says 90s, but we’ve met old old kin]. it isn’t a “tumblr thing”
• being otherkin can be a spiritual belief
• it can also be a coping mechanism for neurodivergent people!
• here is the wiki page [sparse, kind of junky, doesn’t talk about the mental health aspect]

thank you goodbye

floofyslandofwonder:

kickin’ off goblin week with this ranch gob and one of the piglets they tend to. i’m going to explore ideas of goblins and their animal companions and familiars throughout the week.

mishacakes:

ok but does anyone else ever just

dances-withhipsters:

geekspren:

Lars Anderson: A New Level of Archery

Lars Anderson studied historical manuals and rediscovered an ancient and extremely fast way of firing arrows from a bow, making icons like Legolas and Katniss look like slugs.

He trained himself to be able to perform such feats as firing three arrows in less than a second, catching an arrow and firing it back, splitting an oncoming arrow in two, and basically debunking all the lies hollywood has fed us about “ultimate archery skills”

HOLY CRAP historical archery is SO MUCH COOLER than anything out there now. 

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)